Territorialising identity, authority and conflict in Africa
An introduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11423369 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anders Sjögren (0000-0002-1520-4191, Nordic Africa Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 163-170 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-9001 • E-ISSN: 1469-9397 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02589001.2015.1065577 |
| OpenAlex | W2149967765 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 25 |
In much of Africa, the simultaneous contestation over sub-national demarcations, political identities and the locus of authority has activated a territorial politics. In such contexts of uncertainty, state rulers and other social forces advance competing notions of the relevant and legitimate boundaries of territories and identities. This collection of articles examines how, across the continent, struggles over territory are linked to divergent understandings of identity and authority, with significance for territorial integrity, national identity and conflict
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Introduction
Birth of a State
Peace-building or structural violence? Deconstructing the aftermath of Nigeria/Cameroon boundary demarcation
La coexistence contrariée entre pasteurs et agriculteurs en Afrique subsaharienne
Interactions between territorial partitioning, indigeneity crises, and farmer-pastoralist conflicts in the Benue-Nasarawa region
Geographies of unease
The Rupture of Territoriality and the Diminishing Relevance of Cross-cutting Ties in Somalia after 1990
Border Practices at Beitbridge Border and Johannesburg Inner City
Constitutional Design for Divided Societies
Making Nations, Creating Strangers
Politics Of Origin In Africa
Introduction
Human territoriality
Democracy, Agency, and the State
Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict
The social construction of scale
Infrastructural Power Revisited
Human Territoriality
Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa
The Territorial Management of Ethnic Conflict
Decentralization
Ethnicity, Patronage and the African State
The Strength of Weak States? Non-State Security Forces and Hybrid Governance in Africa
Theorizing Sociospatial Relations
The autonomous power of the state
Twilight Institutions
Property, Authority and Citizenship
Access and Property
Citizen and Subject
Africa's New Territorial Politics
Territorialization and state power in Thailand
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |